John 7
1 After these things Jesus continued to travel about in Galilee, for he did not wish to go about in Judea, because the Jews kept trying to kill him.
Oluvannyuma lw’ebyo, Yesu n’alaga e Ggaliraaya, kubanga teyayagala kubeera mu Buyudaaya, kubanga Abayudaaya baali bamunoonya okumutta.
2 When the time of the Jewish feast of Tabernacles drew near,
Naye embaga y’Abayudaaya eyitibwa ey’Ensiisira yali eneetera okutuuka.
3 his brothers said to him. "Leave here and go into Judea, so that your disciples also may behold the works which you are doing.
Baganda ba Yesu ne bamugamba nti, “Vva wano, olage mu Buyudaaya, abayigirizwa bo balabe ebyamagero by’okola.
4 "For no one ever does anything in secret if he himself seeks to be known publicly. If you are performing these signs, show yourself openly to the world."
Tosobola kwatiikirira nga weekwese. Kale obanga, okola ebintu ebyo, weerage eri ensi.”
5 For even his own brothers did not believe in him.
Baganda be nabo tebaamukkiriza.
6 "My time is not yet come," said Jesus, "but your time is always at hand.
Yesu n’abaddamu nti, “Ekiseera kyange eky’okugenda tekinnatuuka. Naye mmwe muyinza okugenda mu kiseera kyonna we mwagalira.
7 "The world cannot hate you, but me it does hate, because I am bearing testimony against it, that its ways are wicked.
Mmwe ensi teyinza kubakyawa, naye Nze enkyawa kubanga ngitegeeza ebikolwa byayo ebibi.
8 Do you go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not yet fully come."
Mmwe mwambuke ku mbaga. Nze sijja kwambuka ku mbaga eno, kubanga ekiseera kyange tekinnatuuka.”
9 After saying this, he remained in Galilee; but after his brothers had gone up to feast,
Bwe yamala okubagamba ebyo n’asigala mu Ggaliraaya.
10 then he went too - not openly, but as it were a secret.
Baganda be bwe bamala okwambuka ku mbaga naye n’ayambuka, mu kyama so si mu lwatu.
11 The Jews meanwhile kept looking for him at feast, and saying, "Where is he?" "I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own Name these whom thou hast given me, that they may be one as we are one.
Awo Abayudaaya ne bamunoonya ku mbaga nga beebuuza nti, “Omusajja oli, ali ludda wa?”
12 and there was much disputing about him among the crowd. Some would say, "He is a good man." Others. "No! he is misleading the people." "While I was with them I kept them by the power of thy name which thou hast given me. I guarded them, and none of them was lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
Ne wabaawo oluvuuvuumo lungi mu bantu. Abamu ne bagamba nti, “Mulungi.” Naye abalala nga bagamba nti, “Nedda, alimba abantu.”
13 No one, however, was speaking openly about him, for fear of the Jews. "But now I am coming to thee, and I am speaking these things while I am in the world, so that they may have my joy in all its fulness in themselves.
Kyokka olw’okutya Abayudaaya, tewaaliwo amwogerako mu lwatu.
14 But when it was already the middle of the feast, Jesus went up to the Temple and began to teach. "I have given them thy word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Awo mu makkati g’embaga Yesu n’ayambuka mu Yeekaalu n’ayigiriza.
15 The Jews were amazed. They said, "How does this fellow know the sacred writings when he has never learned them?" "I am not asking that thou wilt take them out of the world, but that thou wilt protect them from the Evil One.
Abakulembeze b’Abayudaaya ne beewuunya nga bagamba nti, “Omuntu ono ayinza atya okumanya okusoma so nga tasomangako?”
16 In reply Jesus said to them; "My teaching is not mine, but is his who sent me. "They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Awo Yesu kwe kubaddamu nti, “Nze sibayigiriza byange ku bwange, wabula eby’oyo eyantuma.
17 "If any one wills to do God’s will he shall know concerning my teaching, whether it is from God, or I speak my own authority. "Dedicate them in thy truth; thy word is truth.
Buli ayagala okukola Katonda by’ayagala, ategeera obanga bye njigiriza byange ku bwange oba bya Katonda.
18 "The man who speaks on his own authority is always seeking his own glory. But one who is eager for the glory of Him who sent him, he is true, and therefore is nothing false about him.
Ayogera ku bubwe anoonya kitiibwa kye, naye oyo anoonya ekitiibwa ky’oyo eyantuma wa mazima so n’obutali butuukirivu tebuba mu ye. Musa teyabawa amateeka?
19 "Did not Moses give you the Law? Yet none of you is keeping the Law. Why are you seeking to kill me?"
Ku mmwe tekuliiko n’omu akwata mateeka. Kale lwaki musala amagezi okunzita?”
20 The crowd answered. "You have a demon! Who is trying kill you?"
Ekibiina ky’abantu ne baddamu nti, “Oliko dayimooni! Ani asala amagezi okukutta?”
21 Jesus answered them. "There was one thing I did, and you are all amazed.
Yesu n’addamu nti, “Nakola ekikolwa kimu ku Ssabbiiti buli muntu ne yeewuunya.
22 "Consider, therefore, Moses has given you circumcision - not that Moses originated it, but the fathers - and you are accustomed to circumcise a child even on the Sabbath.
Musa kyeyava abalagira okukomolebwa, okukomolebwa tekwatandikira ku Musa wabula kwatandikira ku bajjajjammwe; ne ku Ssabbiiti mukomola omuntu.
23 "If a child receives circumcision on the Sabbath, in order that the Law of Moses may not be broken, how can you be angry with me because I made a man sound and well on the Sabbath?
Obanga mukomola ku Ssabbiiti etteeka lya Musa lireme okumenyebwa, kale lwaki Nze munsunguwalira olw’okuwonya omuntu ku Ssabbiiti, n’aba mulamu ddala?
24 "Do not judge according to appearance. Judge justly."
Temusalanga musango okusinziira ku ndabika, naye musalenga omusango ogw’ensonga.”
25 Then some of the men of Jerusalem were saying. "Is not this the man they are seeking to kill?
Awo abantu abamu ab’omu Yerusaalemi ne beebuuzaganya nga bagamba nti, “Ono si ye muntu gwe banoonya okutta?
26 "And look! he is speaking boldly and they are saying nothing to him. Can it possibly be that the rulers have really discovered that he is the Christ?
Kale wuuno ayigiriza lwatu, ate tebaliiko kye bamugambako. Osanga abakulembeze bategedde nti omuntu ono ye Kristo!
27 "But we know this man and where he is from; but when the Christ comes no one will know where he comes from."
Naye tumanyi omuntu ono gy’ava; so nga Kristo bw’alijja tewaliba n’omu amanya gy’ava.”
28 So Jesus cried aloud as he was teaching in the Temple, and said. "You both know me and you know where I am from; and I am not come on my own authority, but he who sent me is trustworthy, and him you do not know.
Awo Yesu bwe yali ng’akyayigiriza mu Yeekaalu n’akangula ku ddoboozi n’agamba nti, “Ddala mummanyi ne gye nva mumanyiiyo. Sajja ku bwange wabula ekituufu nti oyo eyantuma gwe mutamanyi.
29 "But I now him, because I am from him and he sent me."
Nze mmumanyi, kubanga nava gy’ali, era ye yantuma.”
30 Then they kept seeking to arrest him, but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
Awo ne basala amagezi okumukwata, kyokka tewaali amukwatako, kubanga ekiseera kye kyali tekinnaba kutuuka.
31 But many of the crowd believed on him and began to say, "The Christ, when he comes, will he do more signs than this man has done?"
Naye bangi mu bibiina by’abantu ne bamukkiriza, ne bagamba nti, “Kale Kristo bw’alijja, alikola eby’amagero ebisinga eby’ono byakoze?”
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the high priest and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
Awo Abafalisaayo ne bawulira abantu nga boogera ku Yesu mu bwama. Awo bakabona abakulu n’Abafalisaayo ne batuma abaweereza baabwe okumukwata.
33 Then Jesus said to them. "Still for a little longer I am with you, and then I am going my way to him who sent me.
Awo Yesu n’agamba nti, “Nzija kumala nammwe ebbanga ttono, ndyoke nzireyo eri oyo eyantuma.
34 "You will search for me and will not find me, and where I am you cannot come."
Mulinnoonya, naye temugenda kundaba, nga gye ndi, mmwe temuyinza kutuukayo.”
35 Then the Jews said to one another. "Where does this fellow intend to go, so that we shall not find him? He is not intending to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and to teach the Greeks, is he?
Awo Abayudaaya ne beebuuzaganya nti, “Omuntu ono alaga wa gye tutalimulabira? Ayagala kugenda eri abo abaasaasaanira mu Buyonaani, ayigirize Abayonaani?
36 "What does he mean saying, ‘You shall seek me and you shall not find me,’ and ‘Where I am you cannot come’?"
Ategeeza ki bw’agamba nti, ‘Mulinnoonya, naye temulindaba?’ Era nti, ‘Gye ndaga temuyinza kutuukayo?’”
37 Now the last day, that the great day of the feast, Jesus stood up and cried in a loud voice.
Awo ku lunaku olw’embaga olusembayo, olusingira ddala obukulu, Yesu n’ayimirira n’ayogera n’eddoboozi ery’omwanguka n’agamba nti, “Buli alina ennyonta, ajje gye ndi anywe!
38 "If any man thirst let him come to me and drink. From the heart of him who believes in me will flow, as the Scripture said, rivers of living water."
Ng’Ekyawandiikibwa bwe kigamba nti buli akkiriza Nze emigga egy’amazzi amalamu girikulukuta nga gifuluma mu mutima gwe!”
39 Now he said this concerning the Spirit whom those who believed in him should receive. For the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
Yesu yali ayogera ku Mwoyo Mutukuvu, abamukkiriza gwe baali bagenda okufuna, kubanga Mwoyo oyo yali tannagabibwa, kubanga Yesu yali tannaba kugulumizibwa.
40 Some of the crowd who had been listening to these discourses began to say, "Without a doubt this man is a Prophet."
Abantu abamu mu kibiina bwe baawulira ng’ayogera bw’atyo, ne bagamba nti, “Ddala omuntu ono ye Nnabbi.”
41 Other said, "He is the Christ." But others were saying. "Surely the Christ is not to come out of Galilee, is he?
Abalala ne bagamba nti, “Omuntu ono ye Kristo.” Naye abalala ne bagamba nti, “Nedda, Kristo tayinza kuba ng’ava mu Ggaliraaya.”
42 "Does not the Scripture say that the Christ is coming of the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, David’s town?"
Kubanga Ekyawandiikibwa kigamba nti: Kristo wa kuva mu zzadde lya Dawudi, era nga wa kuzaalibwa mu Besirekemu, ekibuga kya Dawudi mwe yali.
43 So a division arose in the crowd concerning him. Some of them wished to apprehend him, but no one laid hands on him.
Awo ekibiina ne kyesalamu olwa Yesu.
44 Then the officers returned to the chief priest and Pharisees,
Abamu ne baagala okumukwata, kyokka ne wabulawo amukwatako.
45 and they asked them, "Why have you not brought him?"
Awo abaweereza b’abakabona abakulu n’Abafalisaayo ne baddayo eri bakabona abakulu n’Abafalisaayo. Abakulembeze Ne bababuuza nti, “Lwaki temumuleese?”
46 The officers answered, "Never yet did a man speak like this man."
Abaweereza ne baddamu nti, “Ebigambo by’ayogera bya kitalo, tetubiwulirangako.”
47 "Surely you have not been led astray, have you? answered the Pharisees.
Abafalisaayo ne babagamba nti, “Era nammwe abakyamizza?
48 "Has any one of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees?
Waliwo n’omu ku bakulembeze wadde ku Bafalisaayo eyali akkiririzza mu muntu oyo?
49 "As for this mob who do not understand the Law, they are accursed!"
Naye ekibiina ky’abantu bano abatamanyi mateeka, bakolimiddwa!”
50 Nicodemus, one of their number, he who had formerly visited Jesus, said to them,
Awo Nikodemo, omu ku bo eddako eyagenda eri Yesu, n’abuuza nti,
51 "Our law does not condemn the accused, does it, before hearing his defense, and finding out what he is doing?"
“Amateeka gaffe gakkiriza okusalira omuntu omusango nga tannaba kuwozesebwa okutegeera ky’akoze?”
52 In answer they said to him. "You are not from Galilee, are you? Search for yourself, and see that from Galilee arises no prophet."
Ne bamuddamu nti, “Naawe wava Ggaliraaya? Nnoonyereza, ojja kulaba nti e Ggaliraaya teva nnabbi.”
53 Then they departed each to his own house.
Awo ne baabuka, buli omu n’addayo eka.
